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Stalling   /stˈɔlɪŋ/   Listen
Stalling

noun
1.
A tactic used to mislead or delay.  Synonym: stall.






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"Stalling" Quotes from Famous Books



... I've been taking stock. It's clear that I should have more cattle. And if all goes well, I want a bank-barn, the same as they have in the East, with cement flooring and modern stalling. And I've got to comb over my herd, and get rid of the boarders and hatracks, and acquire a blooded bull for Alabama Ranch, to improve the strain. Two of my milkers must go for beef, as well as several scrub springers which ...
— The Prairie Mother • Arthur Stringer

... find out, before it's too late, is whether Thane is all that he professes to be," said the other. "Well, I'm simply sitting tight on the job, stalling along until I hear from our people in New York. They have cabled England to find out whether he was connected with the British air forces. Now, what I want to do is to get into that fellow's room for ten or fifteen minutes. ...
— Quill's Window • George Barr McCutcheon



Words linked to "Stalling" :   obstruction, stonewalling



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